Exam question 1 · Russian Folk-Tales, Mother Friday, part 45: Ivan tricks th…

Which action does Ivan perform upon the Zluidni at the bridge?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: action · What happens: perform · To what, where: bridge

This is exam question 1 of lesson 453 «Russian Folk-Tales, Mother Friday, part 45: Ivan tricks the Zluidni into the river, and Friday punishes a spinner» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 action	det
2	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 perform	nsubj
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 perform	aux
4	Ivan	Ivan	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 perform	nsubj
5	perform	perform	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 Zluidni	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Zluidni	det
8	Zluidni	Zluidni	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 perform	obl
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 bridge	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bridge	det
11	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 perform	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 perform	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perform	present · do-support	which action			the bridge		upon the Zluidni	vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He lifts them up onto the wooden bridge

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lifts	nsubj
2	lifts	lift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lifts	obj
4	up	up	ADP	_	2 lifts	compound:prt
5	onto	onto	ADP	_	8 bridge	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bridge	det
7	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 bridge	amod
8	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lifts	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lift up	present	He	them = they		the wooden bridge			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme onto bridge=Destination

Option 2

He orders them to jump after the stones into the river

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 orders	nsubj
2	orders	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 orders	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 jump	mark
5	jump	jump	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 orders	xcomp
6	after	after	ADP	_	8 stones	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 stones	det
8	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 jump	obl
9	into	into	ADP	_	11 river	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 river	det
11	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 jump	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	order	present	He		them = they				vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic
2	jump not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here				after the stones	into the river result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into river=Result

Option 3

He pushes them off into the dark swirling water below

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pushes	nsubj
2	pushes	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pushes	obj
4	off	off	ADP	_	2 pushes	compound:prt
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 dark	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dark	det
7	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pushes	obl
8	swirling	swirl	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 water	amod
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dark	conj
10	below	below	ADV	_	9 water	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push off	present	He	them = they		the dark and swirling water			vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme into dark=Destination
2	swirl	gerund							vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He pushes them over into the deep river

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pushes	nsubj
2	pushes	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pushes	obj
4	over	over	ADV	_	2 pushes	advmod
5	into	into	ADP	_	8 river	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 river	det
7	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 river	amod
8	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pushes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push over	present	He	them = they		the deep river		over property	vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme into river=Destination

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